
Ticking Clock
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With surprising humor, charm, and an eye for colorful detail, Rosen delivers an authoritative account of the unforgettable personalities that battled for prestige, credit, and the desire to scoop everyone else in the game. As Mike Wallace's top producer, Rosen reveals the interview secrets that made Wallace's work legendary, and the flaring temper that made him infamous. He exposes the competitive environment among famous colleagues like Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters, and the power plays between correspondents Chris Wallace, Anderson Cooper, and Chris Cuomo.
Rosen shows readers how 60 Minutes puts together a story when sources are explosive, unreliable, and even dangerous. From unearthing shocking revelations from inside the Trump White House, to an outrageous proposition from Ghislaine Maxwell, to interviewing gangsters Joe Bonanno and John Gotti Jr., Ira Rosen was behind the scenes of 60 Minutes' most sensational stories.
Highly entertaining, dishy, and unforgettable, Ticking Clock is a never-before-told account of the most successful news show in American history.
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Introduction
1. The Phone Call
2. 60 Minutes Begins
3. Mike and Don
4. Setting Out
5. Accident at Three Mile Island
6. Hitting My Stride
7. Civil Rights Leaders: Jackson and Sharpton
8. Gangsters
9. In Search of the Big Story
10. Lessons Learned
11. Catching a Fugitive
12. Depression Strikes
13. A Year at Harvard
14. Interview with Dr. Strangelove
15. Leaving 60 Minutes
16. Primetime Live
17. Food Lion
18. Returning to 60 Minutes
19. Starting Over, Again
20. Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian
21. Innocent Man
22. The Clintons
23. Hillary 2016
24. Mafia Boss John Gotti Jr.
25. "Fringe Players, Frauds, and Pretenders"
26. Steve Kroft
27. Grumpy Old Men
28. NSA
29. Trump
30. The Mercers
31. The Whistleblower
32. Charlie Rose and #MeToo
33. No Happy Endings
34. Time to Go
Acknowledgements